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Listen to the Grateful Dead’s Soundcheck at Watkins Glen – 7/27/1973 Soundboard

Got the summertime blues? Go on a long, strange tour with me through time. Every day in the month of July, we’ll feature a vintage recording from the Dead. Tune in on YouTube and join the chat as we explore the wonders of summer tours past. We will get by, we will survive!

Our next stop on the We Will Get By Streaming Tour is the summer of 1973. The Dead only had a handful of dates in July of 1973.

By the end of the month on the 27th the Dead made their way to Watkins Glen for the historic show set to take place on the 28th. Arriving the day before, Jerry and the boys took to the stage mid-day for a soundcheck. Faithful fans from all over the Northeast gathered the day before and were set to camp before the big show. What they didn’t anticipate was scoring the free soundcheck which morphed into a full-fledged concert.

The most memorable jam that makes this recording so historic is the massive 20 minute jam that preceded “Wharf Rat” in the second set. Also, the “Bird Song” in the first set is among my favorite.

Set 1
The Promised Land
Sugaree
Mexicali Blues
Bird Song
Big River
Tennessee Jed

Set 2
Mississippi Half-Step Uptown Toodeloo
Me And My Uncle
Jam ->
Wharf Rat
Around And Around

Thanks to Hunter Seamons for the great matrix.

Listen to the Grateful Dead’s “The Other One” for the Ages on This Day in 1972 – 7/25/1972 Soundboard

Got the summertime blues? Go on a long, strange tour with me through time. Every day in the month of July, we’ll feature a vintage recording from the Dead. Tune in on YouTube and join the chat as we explore the wonders of summer tours past. We will get by, we will survive!

The next stop on our We Will Get By Streaming Tour is the summer of 1972. It’s hard to find a bad Dead show from 1972. It’s also equally hard to find a bad Dead show in Portland, OR.

This show is highlighted by one of the most massive and magnificent “The Other One” jams the Dead ever delivered. Also there are noteworthy versions of “He’s Gone,” “China > Rider” and “Wharf Rat” from the second set.

Set 1
The Promised Land, Sugaree, Me And My Uncle, Bird Song, Black Throated Wind, Cumberland Blues, Jack Straw, Big Railroad Blues, El Paso, Tennessee Jed, Playing In The Band, Loser, Beat It On Down The Line, Casey Jones

Set 2
He’s Gone, Greatest Story Ever Told, China Cat Sunflower > I Know You Rider, Mexicali Blues, Truckin’ > The Other One Jam > Drums > The Other One > Wharf Rat, Sugar Magnolia, Sing Me Back Home, Not Fade Away > Goin’ Down The Road Feeling Bad > Not Fade Away

Thanks to Charlie Miller for the soundboard.

Listen to the Grateful Dead’s Explosive Show at the Hollywood Bowl on This Day in 1974 – 7/21/1974 AUD

Got the summertime blues? Go on a long, strange tour with me through time. Every day in the month of July, we’ll feature a vintage recording from the Dead. Tune in on YouTube and join the chat as we explore the wonders of summer tours past. We will get by, we will survive!

Our next stop on the We Will Get By Streaming Tour is the Hollywood Bowl in the summer of 1974. The Wall of Sound was in full effect when the Dead rolled into Hollywood on July 21, 1974.

While most of the shows on this streaming tour have been soundboards, this selection is an audience, but it is outstanding. The show itself is a smoker—perfect representation of the era. The “China > Rider,” and “Playing in the Band > Wharf Rat” are top-notch.

Set 1
Promised Land
Tennessee Jed
Me and My Uncle
Sugaree
Jack Straw
Mississippi Half-Step
It Must Have Been the Roses
El Paso
Scarlet Begonias
Around and Around

Set 2
China Cat Sunflower
I Know You Rider
Big River
Row Jimmy
Playin’ in the Band
Wharf Rat
Truckin’
Nobody’s Jam
Playin’ in the Band
Ship of Fools
Sugar Magnolia

Encore
U.S. Blues

Thanks to Matthew Vernon for the recording!

Listen to the Grateful Dead’s Smokin’ Show in San Francisco from This Day in 1976 – 7/12/1976 Soundboard

Got the summertime blues? Go on a long, strange tour with me through time. Every day in the month of July, we’ll feature a vintage recording from the Dead. Tune in on YouTube and join the chat as we explore the wonders of summer tours past. We will get by, we will survive!

The next stop on the We Will Get By Streaming Tour brings us to the summer of 1976. On July 12, 1976 the Dead kicked off a six night run at the Orpheum Theater in San Francisco. These six shows would be the only they would play in July.

As a rare treat, the soundcheck was recording and filmed unbeknownst to Jerry and the rest of the Dead.

As for the show itself, checkout the “Minglewood Blues” bust-out, a great version of “Lazy Lightning > Supplication,” the “China Cat” teases during “Franklin’s Tower,” and a beautiful “Wharf Rat.”

Set 1
The Music Never Stopped, Brown Eyed Women, Cassidy, Tennessee Jed, Minglewood Blues, Candyman, Looks Like Rain, Row Jimmy, Lazy Lightning-> Supplication, Deal, Promised Land

Set 2
Sugaree, Samson & Delilah, Help On The Way-> Slipknot!-> Franklin’s Tower-> Dancin’ In The Streets-> Wharf Rat-> Drums-> The Wheel-> Around & Around,

Encore
U.S. Blues

Thanks to Jonathan Aizen for the recording.


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